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About Babupur Village

Babupur is a mid sized village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,847, made up of 959 males and 888 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babupur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Kundhit
Pincode 821530
Area (hectares) 497.94 hectares
Population 1,847
Male Population 959
Female Population 888
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Babupur compares

By the 2011 count Babupur is the 8th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 497.94 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Babupur

Babupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Babupur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Babupur from other places

Babupur lies about 20 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Babupur
Nearest railway station Kaseetar Halt 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Kundhit 20 km
District headquarters Jamtara 20 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 20 km

Villages closest to Babupur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kundhit tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Babupur

As per the Census of India 2011, Babupur village had a population of 1,847. That makes it the 8th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Babupur village has 959 males and 888 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babupur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Babupur is 821530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babupur covers 497.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babupur falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Babupur is Kaseetar Halt, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Babupur.

Babupur is about 20 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babupur is in Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Kaseetar Halt is about 20 km away. Kundhit is about 20 km away. Jamtara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Babupur Chhit (under 2 km), Sonahara (under 2 km) and Sarasbad (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Babupur today is likely to be higher.

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